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1 [neerwaarts gestrekt/boven de grond gehouden worden] hang3 [met een bocht verlopen] sag4 [overhellen] lean (over) ⇒ hang (over), 〈 met betrekking tot lusteloze persoon〉 loll, 〈 met betrekking tot lusteloze persoon〉 slouch, 〈 niets doen〉 hang around6 [vast (blijven) zitten] stick/cling (to) ⇒ 〈 met kleding〉 be/get stuck (in)7 [zweven] hang8 [onbeslist zijn] hang ⇒ be up in the air/undecided♦voorbeelden:de zeilen hangen slap • the sails are slack/hanging (loose)het schilderij hangt scheef • the painting is (hanging) crookedzijn kamer hangt vol posters • his room is hung with postersde sleutel hangt aan de spijker • the key is (hanging) on the nailaan het plafond hangen • hang/swing/be suspended from the ceilingaan het spit hangen • be on the spit3 het koord hangt slap • the rope is sagging/slackde teugels laten hangen • loosen/drop the reins4 hij hangt ieder weekend aan/in de bar • he hangs out Bat the pub/in bars every weekendhij hing op zijn stoel • he lay slouched/sprawled in a chair, he lolled in his chairhang niet zo tegen die kast • stop leaning against the cupboardmet hangen en wurgen • by the skin of one's teethdaarvoor zal hij hangen! • he'll hang/swing for it!er is niet veel van mijn Latijn blijven hangen • very little of my Latin has stuckde naald blijft hangen • the needle is stuck〈 figuurlijk〉 hij hangt erg aan zijn oudste zoon • he's very fond of/attached to his eldest son〈 figuurlijk〉 ze hangen erg aan elkaar • they are devoted to/wrapped up in each otherze bleef met haar japon aan een spijker hangen • her dress caught/snagged on a nailzij hangt altijd om hem heen • she's always hanging/hovering about himhij bleef in de vierde klas hangen op zijn wiskunde • he was kept down in the fourth form because of his mathsde wolken hangen laag • the clouds are (hanging) lowhet hangt erom • it's up in the air9 naar iets hangen (en verlangen) • crave (for) something, have a longing/craving for something¶ hij zal moeten hangen • he's in for it/for the high jumphij hangt • he's lumbered/stuck (with it)II 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉1 [bevestigen] hang (up)2 [met betrekking tot personen, ophangen] hang♦voorbeelden:zijn jas aan de kapstok hangen • hang one's coat on the peg -
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a peg to hang something on — see ↑peg, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑hang a peg to hang something on Brit : something (such as a fact or issue) that is used as support or a reason for something said or done He used the incident as a peg to hang his theory on. • • • … Useful english dictionary
(a) peg to hang something on — a peg to ˈhang sth on idiom something that gives you an excuse or opportunity to discuss or explain sth • The character provides a peg to hang the writer s political ideas on. Main entry: ↑pegidiom … Useful english dictionary
peg to hang on — starting point, opportunity to do or talk about something … English contemporary dictionary
Peg — Peg, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. [1913 Webster] 2. A wooden pin, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Peg tankard — Peg Peg, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. [1913 Webster] 2. A wooden pin,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Peg tooth — Peg Peg, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. [1913 Webster] 2. A wooden pin,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Peg top — Peg Peg, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. [1913 Webster] 2. A wooden pin,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peg — peg1 [peg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(short stick)¦ 2¦(hanging wet clothes)¦ 3¦(tent)¦ 4 take/bring somebody down a peg (or two) 5¦(musical instrument)¦ 6 a peg to hang something on 7¦(drink)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch pegge] … Dictionary of contemporary English
peg — /pɛg / (say peg) noun 1. a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point. 2. Colloquial a leg, sometimes one… …
peg — pegless, adj. peglike, adj. /peg/, n., v., pegged, pegging, adj. n. 1. a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark… … Universalium